The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-02-10
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that time; Mr.. Grannell said: 81 will not
take it," or something of that kind, and
walked from behind the counter where he
had been standing; as Mr.. Grannell
walked around towards Mr.. Mcmillan they
clinched each other; again walked back
l did not know that deceased was stabbed
until he walked out on the sidewalk, and
said, "My God, / am stabbed;" Mcmillan
then stepped back towards the rear of the
store-just how far, do not know; he
came forward again and picked up some
thing on the floor; what it was 1 do not
know, and then stepped back again; de-
fendant then stepped forward again, just
as the policeman came in the store; when
they brought deceased in the store l
asked to be excused and left; don't know
whether deceased had on his coat or not
but think he did; 1 never saw anything in
defendants hands; l did not look to see
whether defendant had anything in his
hands or not; saw defendant step back
towards the rear of the store, but l don't
know how far back he went; l did not
notice how far back defendant went; my
attention was attracted to the
scene on the sidewalk; when
defendant came in the store and
took his seat on the stool; l did not
notice any knife or weapon of any kind
about him; | did not see anything in de-
ceaseds hands; he was facing me when
first saw him after he was stabbed; 1 think
he had his hands up to his side, but can
not say positively as was very much ex-
cited at the time; if there had been any
weapons on or about the person of de-
ceased, or on the sidewalk near him, /
could have seen them; don't know what
deceased may have had in his pockets;
deceased and defendant had been in the
store together for about six weeks l
don't think deceased and defendant were
on friendly terms; l never saw them
speak to each other while was there; we
all worked in the same store.
Cross-examined: l never saw any
weapons in the hands of Mr.. Grannell;
that same morning in the back part of
the store l heard him say: "Is it
alive?" and "If it will come
outside of the store
will not be five minutes" or some such
words; Mr.. Mcmillan and Mr.. Pessels run
back then; Mr.. Pessels was at the books;
can not say that it was spoken to Mr..
Mcmillan; that was the first time / ever
heard him say it; do not know that he
was in the habit of taunting Mr.. Nc
MILAN; when Mr.. Grannell spoke at the
time of the difficulty, was standing just
outside of his counter; as soon as he said
those words / stepped TO the outside of
the counter on the north side, near the
back end; in the morning, at the time
Grannell made the remark that 1 spoke
of, he was walking toward, the back end
of the store, and went right along; did
not see him put his hands back as if to
his hip pocket; as he said the words I
looked up and then looked down again;
l have been in the same store with Mr..
Grannell for two years. he is not a rough,
cross and crabid man, but is rather man
of playful and jocular disposition; Mr..
Grannell is an Irishman and witty. On
the morning of the 31st of January, when
Mr.. Pessells, deceased and defendant we're
in the rear of the store, none of them
seemed to be angry; from the manner of
deceased L did not think he was angry,
but in the evening when deceased started
from behind the counter towards defend
ant both Seemed to be angry.
DR.. +. p. Mclaughlin, witness, says:
"My place of residence is at the city hos
pital in the city of Austin; | am a ply
sician and surgeon; knew Mike Grannell
by sight; saw him in the evening of the
day he was brought to the hospital and
examined his wounds; he had three
wounds, slight wound on the anterior
part of the left arm, about one or two
inches from the shoulder; he had another
wound posterior to the shoulder, about
three-fourths inch in length and one and
one-half inches deep; the third wound was
in the left side, little posterior to the
axellary line; the wound in the skin was
obliquely and between the ninth and tenth
ribs; then the knife penetrated between
the eighth and ninth ribs, the cut between
the ribs was about the same size as the
one through the skin, ,one and three-fourths
inches in length; the instrument passed
through the lower part of the prural cavity,
cutting the diaphram, it being the same
in size as that through the skin and ribs;
the diaphram being cut just quarter of
an inch from its attachment to the ribs,
the instrument penetrated the stomach,
making an incision about one-half an inch
in length; found the contents of the
stomach in the prural and abdominal cav
tiles; there was no foreign body found;
1 considered the wounds fatal; deceased
died from the shock caused from the
wound.
Cross examined: l cannot say whether
any of the important blood vessels were
cut: l measured the depth of the wound,
and found that from the outside of the
skin it had penetrated about two and
half inches, as near as 1 could Judge; I
think the wounds could have been done
with the knife shown me, (the knife being
the one identified as the one taken from
the prisoner at the time of his arrest)